Canopy Management

Question 1

What are canopy management techniques?

Answer 1

bud removal, shoot removal, trellising, shoot trimming, leaf and lateral shoot removal, and grape thinnng

Question 2

How is a canopy defined?

Answer 2

by the dimensions of the boundaries in space (width, height, length, etc) and also the amount of shoot system within this area

Question 3

Canopies are continuous when…

Answer 3

foliage of adjacent vines intermingle and there are no gaps

Question 4

Canopies are discontinuous when…

Answer 4

there are gaps in the canopies

Question 5

How can you estimate the leaf area?

Answer 5

count total number of shoots, and # of leaves, and laterals and esitmate through sample estimations.

you can also use an application